Hay fever tips: Five ways to sleep better during the allergy season

Hay fever can disturb many people's sleep. People with hay fever can stay awake due to difficulty breathing, sneezing, and nasal spots, which can lead to excessive sleepiness and fatigue during the day. Dreams bedding experts have published five tips to help you sleep better during the allergy season.

Allergic rhinitis affects about one in four people in the UK and there is no cure for it.

Although the symptoms can be treated with medication and herbal remedies, sleep can still be disturbed, and some people may even notice that their symptoms worsen at night.

Avogel suggests that hay fever symptoms can worsen at night for a number of reasons, including high levels of pollen at night, trapping the pollen inside.

Others believe that this is due to the fact that the temperature cools down at night, rises less warmly and leaves a layer of pollen rich around the floor.

READ MORE: Hay Fever Symptoms: The sign in your ears that could indicate that you are allergic to pollen

 

2. Keep your room clean

It is important to keep the room clean to ensure that there is no dust in areas such as baseboards and cabinet tops.

You spend a lot of time sleeping in your room. Therefore, regular cleaning of the room helps you to remove dust that can irritate allergy sufferers.

3. Shower before going to bed

There are many reasons why showering before bed can be a useful tool to help you sleep better.

4. Shower before going to bed

When you get home, it is important to take off all clothes that you wear outside and wash them as soon as possible.

This will help you get rid of pollen stuck to your clothes and prevent it from spreading around the house.

After cleaning, Dreams recommends drying clothes indoors, since hanging them outdoors can collect pollen, which contradicts the idea of ​​washing clothes as soon as possible.

5. Make sure you know when it is time to buy a new mattress

Dreams say that your mattress can accumulate mites, skin cells, sweat and body oils as you age.

Dust mites can cause hay fever symptoms. So this is a very important step.

Regularly cleaning the sheets and vacuuming the mattress can often help prevent mites from forming.

It is also advisable to replace your mattress every eight years.

You can check the exact number of pollen here: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/seasonal-advice/pollen-forecast#?date=2020-05-18

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